I am a Biomechanical Engineer, with a position of Adjunct Lecturer (Research) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Curtin University, Western Australia.

My research has largely involved problems in internal biomechanics.  I am interested in the fluid and solid mechanics, and their interaction in particular, of physiological phenomena.  The function of the human body depends on many biofluid flows that involve fluid–structure interactions (FSI), including blood flow through arteries and veins, air flow through the respiratory system, and the cerebrospinal fluid circuit integral to the brain and spinal cord, to name but a few.  The underlying mechanics may often be studied using analogue models such as flow through collapsible tubes, channels and past cantilevered plates, which are also of intrinsic value as canonical instability problems in FSI.   Using these, together with patient-specific models, I investigate normal and pathological physiologies with the objective of an improved understanding of physiological function.

I am also a Physiotherapist, working in musculoskeletal physiotherapy at Kalamunda Physiotherapy Centre, a private practice. My vision is to draw upon my scientific expertise in the principles of biomechanics to provide optimal diagnosis and treatment of human movement disorders.